How do you use the word "bugle" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "bugle": Tom played Reveille on his bugle every morning. The bugle sounded retreat.

Bugle Meaning

/ˈbjuːɡəl/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA horn used by hunters.

nounA simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

Sentence Examples

Tom played Reveille on his bugle every morning.

The bugle sounded retreat.

CEFR Practice Quiz

At dawn, the soldier lifted the shiny brass ____ to play the morning wake-up call.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The soldier played the ____ to signal the end of the day at the camp.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Then tooke that squire an horne of bugle small, Which hong adowne his side in twisted gold And tassels gay." — 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faery Queene, page 88:

"The tongue so rough, that were it licks, it fetches blood. The Greeks used not these, nor Bugles in Physick, not having tried their vertue; though Indian-woods are full of such, yet parts of them are of more efficacy in medicine, (it is thought) than any part of ordinary Oxen." — 1678, Joannes Jonstonus (M.D., Polonus.), A Description of the Nature of Four-Footed Beasts, page 31:

"All in the merry strand, With the ran, ran tan, And the tippy, tippy tran, And away with the royal bow! wow! wow! And the riddle diddle do, And the bugle's horn, For into the woods we'll run, brave boys, And into the woods we'll run." — 1928, Lora Sarah La Mance, The House of Waltman and Its Allied Families, page 17:

"a hunting horn, origin. made of the horn of a "bugle" or wild ox" — 1992, William Shakespeare, Holger Klein, Much Ado about Nothing: A New Critical Edition, page 145:

"“It was as though the very constellations knew our impending sorrow,” he bugled, his head raised to the ceiling, his voice full-throated." — 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 128:

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